Friday, June 15, 2012

Shikepoke Cards

I've made two Father's Day cards using the Wplus9 guiding light set. I think I bought this set just so I could make cards for my dad using the heron image, so it's strange that until now, I've used all the images from the set except for the heron. :)

Now I've put that little heron to good use. For both of my cards I cased this beautiful card from Sea Glass & Sentiments. I've also used the beautiful colors from this week's ColourQ challenge on my first card. The picture doesn't show it well, but one of the buttons is actually green.

Living by the water as we do, great blue herons are everywhere. We love to watch them standing as still as statues along the shore. I spent a large portion of my childhood on a small island in Puget Sound where there are also many herons. My dad often called them "shikepokes." I've never heard anyone call them that except for him.

Out of curiosity, I Googled shikepoke and the first thing that came up was a Wikipedia article about herons. There are two interesting paragraphs about the origination of the term shikepoke. Check it out here, if you're interested. :)

10 comments:

Well, now I need to go find out! I love the sand dollar & starfish stamps - just the perfect background touches! And the heron is too cool :) There is something magical about getting to see them up close.

both cards are super, ann! i love all the background stamping you did on both cards. will be taking the boys down to the nisqually delta in a few weeks... i know we will be seeing some herons down there! thanks for sharing the link!

Perfect for a Pop card, Ann! I love all your detail and your sharing about growing up around herons. How awesome!

I looked up the Wiki link on herons and it's quite fascinating. But it can be tough going through some of their writing style for me. Too brainy or something. Just don't get this at all: "shitepokes" (pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪtpoʊk/). Um ... how do get the one from the other? It's quite naughty, and quite funny, the whole derogatory meaning etc., but the pronunciation bit ...

That's a beautiful stamp, so peaceful and serene!We have grey herons over here and are now starting to get little egrets nesting too!!! I think they are amazing birds, so prehistoric looking when they fly!!Thanks for the link, very interesting :0)Jx